An extensive and damning critique of the behavior of Sandro Castro, the wayward grandson of Fidel Castro, has been supported on Facebook by the spy Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, with a single word as brief as it is forceful: "AMEN."
Gerardo is not an ordinary citizen: to the regime, he is a hero of the Republic, a former spy of the “Five,” the current National Coordinator of the CDR, and a prominent figure in the ideological core that still shapes the official consensus.
His Facebook wall, followed by government-aligned citizens, leaders, and activists, is not a personal space; it is an informal platform for political discourse.
And when from there he shares a harsh criticism like that of Ernesto Limia—and seals it with an "AMEN"—he is conveying something more than just "I agree."
It is saying: This is legitimate, this can be said, this now is part of the authorized discourse.
In the religious context, "amen" means "so be it." In the current Cuban context and pronounced by Gerardo, it is a form of revolutionary blessing: a sign that the ideological apparatus supports the judgment, accepts it, and incorporates it.
No need to draft a statement from the Party or for it to appear on the Round Table: your "AMEN" is enough for Limia's text to transition from the intellectual to the doctrinal.
In other words, it is no longer just a critique: it is a directive, a symbolic order, a permission to attack.
The gesture can also be interpreted as a precautionary warning: if the criticism comes "from within," if it carries Gerardo's signature and Limia's thoughts, then it can no longer be dismissed as an enemy campaign or external defamation.
It's friendly fire, but it’s still fire.
"Sandro is not the enemy... Sandro is an idiot."
The original text, written by historian and intellectual Ernesto Limia Díaz and titled "Martí Promised You…”, spares no one and provides a harsh reflection on the public behavior of Sandro Castro, whom he unabashedly labels as “imbecile,” accusing him of dishonoring the memory of his grandfather.
“Sandro does not feel affection for his grandfather, nor does he respect his memory. Posing with the United States flag behind him is the greatest evidence, and all these reactions feed his ego. Our enemies know this, which is why they encourage his foolishness,” Limia pointed out harshly.
The intellectual relied on figures like José de la Luz y Caballero and José Martí to cast a moral judgment on the uncomfortable grandson of the Revolution.
The Fall of Sandro
Sandro Castro has become a recurring figure in recent years, firstly due to his excesses of ostentation, egotism, and exhibitionism. He first went viral while driving a Mercedes in 2021, when the country was at the mercy of a pandemic. This was followed by parties, events, and other scenarios full of relaxation and fun.
In recent months, he became a trending topic with his eternal go-to beer: Cristal - his legendary 'Cristach' - all of it increasingly interspersed with surreal scenes of vampires and other trivialities.
However, amid his increasingly crazy and cryptic scenes, he started to play with blackouts and to refer to the UNE and to ETECSA.
Not everyone is a detractor; his popularity has grown: some are calling for him to be president, while others claim that, between the lines, he wants to bomb the system.
For the authorities, everything surely went awry when he began to subtly criticize Díaz-Canel. However, the final straw seemed to be posing with the U.S. flag.
It is not a political enemy, but it does cause harm
Limia clarified that the young man has not committed any crimes and is not a political enemy, but stated that his lack of ethics and the exploitation of his last name are damaging, implying that the symbolic impunity that has been tolerated for Sandro is beginning to overflow.
"As the chief of the Army General Staff, Martí's son participated in the massacre of the Independents of Color; and Céspedes did not speak Spanish, and everyone knows he lasted in the presidency of the bourgeois Republic as long as a meringue at the door of a school. Neither Céspedes, nor Martí, nor Fidel were to blame for that," the intellectual warned.
The historical analogy is not unfounded: even the founding fathers saw their children err. Lineage, Limia reminds us, does not guarantee loyalty or dignity.
One of the most difficult passages of the essay referred directly to Sandro's lifestyle: "I don't know where Sandro got his money, but I am sure Fidel didn't give it to him."
The allusion to the alleged austerity of the elder Castro was not without purpose: It serves to point out that it is not enough to carry the surname to be worthy of it, and that Sandro not only did not inherit "the moral stature" of his grandfather, but has become his media negation.
It even warns that those who call for his imprisonment without due legal process would be falling into a propaganda trap set by the historical enemies of the Revolution.
“If he is imprisoned without adherence to the law -as more than one has claimed-, the news will spread across the Planet in a matter of seconds, transformed into a foreboding headline: ‘The Cuban Revolution consumes its own children like Saturn: Fidel's grandson is imprisoned’”, he warned.
Gerardo's "AMEN"
Gerardo Hernández's intervention, although brief, lends legitimacy and institutional resonance to the content of the text.
By simply replicating the text with an "AMEN," Hernández not only aligns with Limia: he symbolically blesses the criticism and turns it into a moral line of interpretation, at a time when Cuban social networks are becoming increasingly polarized.
Gerardo Hernández's validation of Limia is neither innocent nor rhetorical. With his gesture, Gerardo drew a clear line between the symbols of the Revolution and those that tarnish them.
And he did it without raising his voice: just with a word that, in its conciseness, resonates more than a thousand speeches.
In this context, Gerardo Hernández's gesture carries symbolic and political weight. The simple word “AMEN” with which he shared the article amounts to a moral and ideological endorsement of its content, and as a central figure in the ideological mobilization apparatus, his voice is worth more than a hundred official editorials.
When Gerardo says "AMËN," he is saying "it is so." He is saying "the patience is over." He is setting boundaries.
In a country where words carry more weight based on who says them than on their quantity, the succinct "AMÉN" with which Gerardo Hernández Nordelo shared the devastating critique of Sandro Castro is anything but an insignificant anecdote.
Proof of this is that El Necio has also made his contributions on in recent hours, also targeting Sandro.
And with that institutional blessing, implicit but unmistakable, it is clear that the cycle of indulgence towards Sandro Castro has come to an end.
It's no longer about echoes in independent media, nor about enraged exiles, nor about fed-up internet users...
The order to attack Sandro Castro has been given.
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